The Waikato Rugby Union (WRU) is the official governing body of rugby union in the Waikato area in the North Island of New Zealand. Headquartered in Hamilton, WRU was founded in 1921.
Wayne Ross Smith is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player. He has won three Rugby World Cups; he was an assistant coach with New Zealand's men's team, the All Blacks, who won the 2011 and 2015 World Cups, and as head coach of the New Zealand women's team, the Black Ferns, won the 2021 World Cup, held in 2022.
Dame Farah Rangikoepa Palmer is a professor at Massey University and a former captain of New Zealand's women's rugby union team, the Black Ferns.
Kelly Brazier is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays flyhalf, centre or fullback in New Zealand, Canterbury and Canadian club Edmonton Clansmen RFC.
Melodie Bosman is a former New Zealand female rugby union player. She played internationally for New Zealand and provincially for Canterbury.
Linda Itunu is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for the Black Ferns, New Zealand women's sevens and Auckland.
Kendra Margaret Cocksedge is a New Zealand rugby union player and cricketer. She plays for the New Zealand women's national rugby union side, the Black Ferns and for Canterbury provincially. She was a member of the 2010, 2017 and 2021 winning squads. In 2018 she won the Kelvin R Tremain Memorial Player of the Year Award at the annual New Zealand Rugby awards.
Amiria Juanita Mahanna Denelle Rule is a retired female rugby union player. She represented New Zealand and Canterbury. She was a member of the squad that won the 2002 and 2006 Rugby World Cup's.
Tammi Wilson Uluinayau is a New Zealand former rugby union player. She represented the New Zealand women's national rugby union team, the Black Ferns, at the 1998 and 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup.
Portia Woodman is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays fifteen-a-side and seven-a-side rugby union, and is a member of the New Zealand Women's Sevens team and New Zealand Women's National Rugby Union team. Woodman was a member of the New Zealand Women's Sevens team when they won a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Selica Winiata is a New Zealand Rugby union player and referee. She plays for the Black Ferns, the New Zealand women's sevens team and provincially for the Manawatu Cyclones.
Stacey Fluhler is a New Zealand rugby union player.
Aleisha-Pearl Nelson is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for the Black Ferns and for the Auckland Storm.
Eloise Blackwell is a New Zealand rugby union player. She made her debut for the Black Ferns in 2011 against England. She was selected for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squad.
Kathleen Wilton is a former rugby union player. She made her Black Ferns debut on 16 October 2007 against Australia. She was selected for the New Zealand squad to the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup. They unfortunately lost to Ireland in the pool games, which meant that they did not qualify for the semifinals. She came off the bench in their fifth place final victory over the United States.
Phillipa Love is a New Zealand rugby union player. She made her debut for New Zealand against Canada on 14 June 2014 at Whakatāne.
Alana Bremner is a New Zealand rugby union player. She made her international debut against England on 31 October 2021 at Exeter, it was the Black Ferns 100th test match. She also scored her first Test try in the match.
Cheyelle Robins-Reti is a New Zealand rugby union player. She debuted for the Black Ferns on 14 November 2020 against the New Zealand Barbarians at Waitākere. She made her international debut against England on 7 November 2021 at Northampton.
Tanya Kalounivale is a Fijian-born New Zealand rugby union player. She plays at tighthead prop for Waikato and Hamilton Old Boys.
Ariana Bayler is a New Zealand rugby union player. She made her international debut in the Black Ferns 100th test match, she came off the bench against England in Exeter on 31 October 2021.
